Cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer

Abstract

A method for treating cancer by treating target cancer cells with cold atmospheric plasma to induce apoptosis of the target cancer cells through the degradation of Histone RNA during S-phase induced by oxidation of RNA.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer in a patient, the method comprising:
 creating a database of cancer cell lines in a data storage; 
 associating with each cancer cell line in said database cold atmospheric plasma settings producing in each said cancer cell line degradation of Histone RNA during S-phase induced by oxidation of RNA; 
 selecting on a graphical user interface of a cold atmospheric plasma generator a target cancer cell line to be treated; 
 selecting with a processor in said cold atmospheric plasma generator cold atmospheric plasma settings associated with said target cancer cell line in said database stored in said data storage; and 
 applying cold atmospheric plasma with said cold atmospheric plasma generator at said selected cold atmospheric pressure settings to said target cancer cells. 
 
     
     
       2. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer according to  claim 1  wherein the cancer comprises breast cancer. 
     
     
       3. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer according to  claim 1  wherein said data storage comprising a memory in said cold atmospheric plasma generator. 
     
     
       4. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer according to  claim 1  wherein cold atmospheric plasma comprises plasma below 35° C. 
     
     
       5. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer according to  claim 4  wherein the cancer comprises breast cancer. 
     
     
       6. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer according to  claim 4  wherein said data storage comprising a memory in said cold atmospheric plasma generator. 
     
     
       7. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer according to  claim 4  wherein said resecting target cancer cells comprises completely resecting a cancerous tumor. 
     
     
       8. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer according to  claim 5  wherein cold atmospheric plasma comprises plasma below 35° C. 
     
     
       9. A method for performing cold atmospheric plasma therapy to treat cancer in a patient using a cold atmospheric plasma generator and a database of cancer cell lines and cold atmospheric plasma settings for producing in each said cancer cell line degradation of Histone RNA during S-phase induced by oxidation of RNA, the method comprising:
 resecting target cancer cells from a patient; 
 selecting on a graphical user interface of said cold atmospheric plasma generator a target cancer cell line to be treated; 
 in response to said selecting of a target cancer cell line, configuring said cold atmospheric plasma generator with a processor to treat tissue on a periphery of said resected target cancer cells using cold atmospheric plasma settings associated in said database with said target cancer cell line; and 
 applying cold atmospheric plasma with said cold atmospheric plasma generator at said selected cold atmospheric pressure settings to said target cancer cells.